Obviously

My work computer broke while making a presentation yesterday.  It literally snaped in half -- the screen of my laptop detaching from the keyboard.  Luckily my competitor was there to see the incident, and he took advantage of the opportunity to show off his shiny, silvery new mac notebook and question my company's profitability, as it seemed they could not supply their employees with working laptops.

...what a stupid thing to say to a woman with mafia connections...